The Reagans (2020)

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Season 1
  • Network: SHOWTIME
  • Series Premiere Date: Nov 15, 2020
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66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
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Critic Reviews

  1. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Nov 16, 2020
    80
    The Reagans is obviously a partisan production, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth watching. By re-contextualizing Ronald Reagan’s presidency, the series makes a clear case for how we got to this point as a country. It didn’t just start with Donald Trump.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Dorothy Rabinowitz
    Nov 12, 2020
    80
    A blistering four-part assessment of the Reagan White House years (1981-89) enlivened by nonstop denunciation of the 40th president’s policies and beliefs.
  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Steve Greene
    Nov 16, 2020
    75
    “The Reagans” is largely conventional in its structure. So while the series is compact and has a clear set of theses on the efficacy of his policies and the lasting effects of key rhetorical choices, there is a matching metanarrative in its very existence.

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  1. tibzoid
    Nov 25, 2020
    6
    Professionally made but ultimately a piece of leftist agit-prop. We should be critical of past presidents and Reagan deserves lots ofProfessionally made but ultimately a piece of leftist agit-prop. We should be critical of past presidents and Reagan deserves lots of opprobrium. But this "documentary" is so skewed to one side and in such bad faith, it left a bad taste in my mouth. For one thing, it harps on racial discord and ignore how the growth of the US state led to a backlash that resulted in the 1980 landslide. Yes, America is riven by racism and politicians play games in reaching out to voters. But Reagan was no racist, however horrifying that "monkeys" remark in the call to Nixon was. My point is, had the filmmaker stepped back from the propaganda, he'd have made a MUCH more effective documentary.… Full Review »
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